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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Galactic Knights glance

Terran Formidable-class battlecruiser.

The Galactic Knights rulebook is 106 pages, spiral bound. However, the rules themselves don't take up that much space. The first chapter (Preliminaries and Setup; this chapter explains game concepts) is four pages; chapter 2 (Basic Training; moving and shooting) is thirteen pages, chapter 3 (Advanced Training; missiles and fighters) is five pages; chapter 4 (Command Training; an alternative missile and fighter system) is ten pages. Chapter 5 is ten pages of ship design information for Terran ships. Chapter 6 covers the Terrans; antagonists, the Avarians, with three pages of combat rules and ten pages of ship design rules. After that, the book ends with fourty-seven pages blank ship design sheets, ship design sheets for each type of Terran and Avarian ship, and quick reference sheets and markers, and a two-page glossary.Galactic Knights came out five years ago, but there hasn't been very much posted about it on the 'net. I thought I would remedy that with a few links: